I wondered if you were covering this Olympics. Pete Butler and wife Karen were there to cheer on Arianna Fontana, who lives in Woodville, I believe, and is married to Anthony LoBello! My favorite thing - among many favorite things - about this Olympics is Nazgul the Wolfdog. What a great name! What a good boy!
Well, chaos came first. Order was created out of it. Order may be great but it's not entertaining (my own experience from 30 years in a functioning country).
I went to Paris '24 and Les JO seemed to shake the French out of their cynical torpor. They really pulled their shit together; it was amazing to see what France is capable of. I went for 24 hours and loved every minute of it. I don't think France can maintain that level of superiority for long periods but it was magic. For all their many, flaws, maybe the Olympic Games do manage to expose the national substrate.
I wondered if you were covering this Olympics. Pete Butler and wife Karen were there to cheer on Arianna Fontana, who lives in Woodville, I believe, and is married to Anthony LoBello! My favorite thing - among many favorite things - about this Olympics is Nazgul the Wolfdog. What a great name! What a good boy!
Love the story!
Well, chaos came first. Order was created out of it. Order may be great but it's not entertaining (my own experience from 30 years in a functioning country).
I went to Paris '24 and Les JO seemed to shake the French out of their cynical torpor. They really pulled their shit together; it was amazing to see what France is capable of. I went for 24 hours and loved every minute of it. I don't think France can maintain that level of superiority for long periods but it was magic. For all their many, flaws, maybe the Olympic Games do manage to expose the national substrate.
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How did I miss the story on the dog? I love dogs!
Nice piece.
I was just thinking that! And a) owning a wolf dog and b) calling it Nazgul is totally bad ass!